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The Goose with Golden Egg 下金蛋的鹅 A Farmer and his wife live in a small house in the country. They are very poor. Then one day something fantastic happens. 农夫和他的妻子住在乡下的一个小房子里，他们很贫穷，有一天，有件奇妙的事情发生了。 Farmer: Good morning, dear. 早上好，亲爱的。 Wife: Good morning.I’ll fry you some eggs. 早上好，我要为你煎一些蛋。 The wife goes out to the barn to get some eggs. She suddenly shouts loudly to the Farmer. 妻子到谷仓里拿蛋，突然她大声地对农夫叫了起来。 Wife: Come out here, dear! Quickly! 快来呀，亲爱的。快点! Farmer: Why? What’s the matter? 怎么了?什么事? The Farmer runs out to the barn. 农夫跑到了谷仓。 Wife: Look at this! 看看这个! Farmer: What is it? 那是什么? Wife: It’s a golden egg! 一个金蛋! Farmer: A golden egg?Where did you get is? 金蛋?你从哪里来的? Wife: From this Goose.It laid this golden egg. 这只鹅呀，它下的。 Goose: Quack, quack! 嘎，嘎! Farmer: I can’t believe it.It’s so shiny and beautiful.What shall we do with it? 我简直不敢相信，这只蛋耀眼又美丽，我们怎么处理呢? Wife: Sell it at the market. 把它卖到市场上。 Farmer: Good idea.I’ll sell it and buy some meat. 好主意，我会把它卖了，再买些肉回来。 Wife: Yes.I’ll cook you a delicious meal tonight. 那今晚我会为你煮一顿美味的大餐。 Farmer: Yahoo! Thank you, Goose! 奥，谢谢你，鹅! The Farmer goes to the market that afternoon and gets a good price for the golden egg. The Farmer and his Wife have a nice dinner that night, but they can’t fall asleep. They are so excited and hope that the goose will lay another golden egg tomorrow morning. 当天下午，农夫到市场去把金蛋卖了个好价钱。农夫和妻子享用了一顿丰盛的晚餐。可是他们无法入睡，他们非常兴奋，并且希望鹅在明天早上会再下另一只金蛋。 Goose: Cock –a –doodle doo!!! 咕 咕 咕!!! Farmer: Wake up, dear.Let’s see if the Goose laid another golden egg. 起床，亲爱的，我们去看看鹅有没有再下金蛋。 Wife: Okay. Let’s hurry. 好，我们快去。 The two rush out to the barn. 他们两人冲到了谷仓。 Farmer: Look!Another golden egg! 看!另一个金蛋! Wife: Thank you, Goose.We will be rich soon. 谢谢你，鹅，我们很快就会富起来了。 Farmer: Yes. Thanks to the Goose.Feed it well, dear. 是呀，多亏了这只鹅，你可要好好地喂它呀，亲爱的。 Wife: Of course.I will feed it the best food. 我会喂它最好的食物。 After that, the Farmer and his Wife gave the Goose the best food. They loved the Goose. The Goose kept laying a golden egg every day. Some months later, the couple moved to a bigger house. They were very happy. 从那以后，农夫和他的妻子给鹅吃最好的食物，他们很疼爱那只鹅。鹅继续每天下一个金蛋。几个月后，这对夫妻搬到了更大的房子里，他们非常的快乐。 Farmer: Thanks to the Goose, we are not poor anymore. 多亏了那只鹅，我们再也不贫穷了。 Wife: That is true. But I’m getting curious. 那倒是，可是我越来越好奇了。 Farmer: About what? 好奇什么? Wife: The Goose doesn’t look special. 那只鹅看起来又不特别。 Farmer: So what? 那又怎样? Wife: But how can it lay golden eggs? 可是它怎么能下金蛋呢? Farmer: Good question. Now I’m getting curious, too. Hmm… 说的对，现在我也好奇了，嗯… More months passed and the Farmer and his Wife became quite rich. 又过了几个月，农夫和他的妻子已经相当富有了。 Farmer: We are now quite rich. Thanks to the Goose. 我们现在已经相当富有了，多亏了那只鹅。 Wife: Yes. But I want to get really rich fast. 是呀，不过我想快点变得更富有。 Farmer: How? 那要怎么做呢? Wife: Think. We don’t know how the Goose lays the golden eggs. But we know where they are coming from. 你想想，我们不知道那只鹅怎么会下金蛋，可是我们知道那些金蛋是从哪里来的。 Farmer: We do? Where? 我们知道吗?从哪里? Wife: From the Goose’s stomach, of course. So its stomach must be full of golden eggs. 当然是从那只鹅的肚子里呀，所以它的肚子里一定装满了金蛋。 Farmer: Perhaps. I don’t know. 或许吧，我不知道。 Wife: Can’t you see? We can become really rich all at once. 你不明白吗?我们可以一夜致富呀。 Farmer: What do you mean? 你的意思是? Wife: Cut open the Goose’s stomach. Take out all of the golden eggs inside. 剖开那只饿的肚子，拿出里面所有的金蛋。 Farmer: You mean kill the Goose? 你是说杀了那只鹅? Wife: Yes. A golden egg a day is too slow. I want to become really rich. Now! 每天一个金蛋太慢了，我要变得非常富有，立刻! Farmer: But it has given us a golden egg every day. It made us rich. We can’t kill it now. 但是它每天都给我们一个金蛋呀，他让我们富有了，现在我们不能杀它。 Wife: Why not? Don’t you want to become richer faster? 难道你不想快点变得更有钱吗? Farmer: Yes, but we are rich right now. 想呀，可是我们现在就很有钱呀。 Wife: Yes. But I want to become really really rich. I want to live in the city. Bring the knife from the kitchen. 是呀，可是我想变得真的真的很有钱，我想住到城市里去。去把厨房里的刀拿来。 Farmer: If you wish, dear. 遵命，亲爱的。 The Farmer brings a sharp knife from the kitchen. The Goose sees the knife and starts crying and runs away. The Wife hides the knife behind her back. 农夫从厨房里拿出一把锋利的刀，鹅看到了刀，开始一边叫一边跑，其子把刀藏在了身后。 Goose: Quack, quack! Wife: What’s the matter, Goose? I have something delicious for you. 怎么了，鹅?我有好吃的东西要给你呀! Goose: Quack, quack! Wife: it’s running away! Go and catch it! 它跑走了!去抓住他! Farmer: Okay, dear. Come here, Goosey. 好的，亲爱的，过来，鹅。 Goose: Quack, quack! Wife: Catch it, catch it! 抓住它，抓住它! Farmer: I got it! 抓住了! Goose: Quack, quack! The Farmer catches the Goose and the Wife is about to cut open its stomach. 农夫抓住鹅，妻子准备剖开他的肚子。 Wife: We will be really rich soon. How many eggs will there be? 我们很快就会变得很有钱了，会有多少金蛋呢? Farmer: I don’t know. But there must be many. I’m getting curious now. Hurry up. Cut it open. 我不知道，可是肯定很多，现在我越来越好奇了。快点，剖开他。 Wife: Okay, here I go. 好，我要下手了。 Goose: screamQ U A C K!!! 惨叫嘎! The Goose’s stomach is cut open. The Farmer and his Wife look surprised. 鹅的肚子被剖开了，农夫和他的妻子看起来非常吃惊。 Farmer: Where are the golden eggs? 金蛋在哪里呢? Wife: I don’t know. There must be some inside. Look carefully! 我不知道，这里头一定有一些。看仔细点! Farmer: There are none! What have we done? 一个也没有，我们都干了些什么呀? Wife: No golden eggs? 没有金蛋? Farmer: Poor Goose. We were too greedy. So we will become poor again. 可怜的鹅，我们太贪心了，我们又会变穷。 Wife: Poor us! 可怜的我们! Farmer: Boo hoo hoo. 呜 呜 呜… MORAL： Don’t be greedy. 不可贪心。 更多精彩内容 全国新东方英语课程搜索 （实习编辑：高奕飞）
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